Editing Sand block

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|image=[[File:SandblockSMS.png|100px]]<br>A sand block in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Game Boy]]) ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Sand blocks'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=63|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Player's Guide|page=82|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2002|isbn=1-930206-23-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=14|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> (or '''sand-blocks'''),<ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=62, 95, and 96|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref> also called '''sand cubes''',<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide|page=56, 80|language=en-us|date=August 12, 2002|publisher=Versus Books|isbn=1-931886-09-1}}</ref> '''sandy blocks''',<ref name=NP>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Player's Guide|page=64|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2002|isbn=1-930206-23-2}}</ref> or '''sand stones''',<ref name=NP/> are a type of [[block]] made of grains of sand. They typically disintegrate after the player steps on them.

Sand blocks first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for the [[Game Boy]]. They dissolve as soon as [[Mario]] walks over them. They do not return afterwards. In one [[level]] in [[Rocky-Valley]], walking over sand blocks sets a group of [[Chikuchiku]], which are trapped under the sand blocks, free. [[Stage 9-7]] in the [[Tower (world)|Tower]] consists almost entirely of sand blocks.

 

In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', sand blocks appear in many [[Super Mario Sunshine#Secret courses|secret courses]]. If Mario walks over them, they collapse and disappear, then reappear after a certain amount of time. Their function is similar to that of the [[shrinking platform]]s that are later found in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and the 3D version of the [[Donut Block]]s as they appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. Similar blocks make up the body of the [[Sand Bird]]; however, these do not collapse when Mario walks on them.

In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', sand blocks first appear in [[Donkey Kong Jungle (world)|Donkey Kong Jungle]], where they act essentially the same as in ''Donkey Kong'' for the Game Boy, except they collapse slightly faster. They also appear in [[Fire Mountain (world)|Fire Mountain]], [[Mystic Forest]], and [[Fire Mountain Plus]], and have different appearances depending on the world in which they are found.

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jap={{ruby|消|き}}えるブロック<ref>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ドンキーコング」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Donkey Kong'')|page=37|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]}}</ref>

|JapM=Vanishing Block <small>(Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'')</small>

|Jap2=砂ブロック<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=October 19, 2015|language=ja|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section|page=105|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>

|Jap2M=Sand Block <small>(''Super Mario Sunshine'')</small>

|Jap3=崩れる床<ref>[[Media:Mvsdk book i.jpg|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' Shogakukan book]]{{page needed}}</ref>

|Jap3M=Crumbling Floor <small>(''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'')

|Ita=Blocco di Sabbia<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=105}}</ref>

 

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